Poso Park
Poso Park is a park in New Mexico, at a recorded elevation of 3,018 m. Banded Peak stands 3,892 m to the north-northwest, 19 miles off. The nearest named place is Sugar Loaf Mountain, a peak 2.1 miles away. 107 named places lie within 25 miles, 53 of them named summits.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 3018 m
How to reach it
107 named places within 25 miles
- Sugar Loaf Mountain: 2.1 mi
- Grouse Mesa: 3.6 mi
- Brazos Peak: 5.7 mi
- Dos Lomas: 7.6 mi
- Osier Mesa: 8.4 mi
- El Camino Spring: 10.8 mi
- Spring Number One: 11.5 mi
- Warm Spring: 13.4 mi
- Moeller Spring: 17.6 mi
- Ojito Azul: 20.7 mi
- Cumbres & Toltec Scenic Railroad: 7.3 mi
- Chama Jail House Historic Site: 7.3 mi
- Dunham Log House Historic Site: 7.3 mi
- Burns-Kelly Store Historic Site: 7.3 mi
- Foster Hotel Historic Site: 7.4 mi
- Cumbres Pass Historical Marker: 7.3 mi
- Chama Historical Marker: 7.3 mi
- Brazos Cliffs Historical Marker: 8.9 mi
- Fort Lowell Historical Marker: 12.8 mi
- Tierra Amarilla Historical Marker: 12.8 mi
- Brazos Cliffs: 8.1 mi
- Brazos Cliffs: 8.2 mi
- Brazos Cliffs: 8.4 mi
- Brazos Cliffs: 8.8 mi
- Brazos Cliffs: 8.9 mi
- Edward Sargent Wildlife Management Area: 10.5 mi
- Laguna del Campo Wildlife Management Area: 12.2 mi
- W.A. Humphries Wildlife Management Area: 17.9 mi
- Heron Lake State Park: 18.9 mi
- Rio de los Pinos Wildlife Management Area: 19.3 mi
- Brazos Falls: 8.3 mi
- Brazos Falls: 8.4 mi
- Bull: 7.3 mi
- TA Marker: 12.4 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Poso Park. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Banded Peak | NNW 330° | 3,892 m | 18.9 mi |
| Chama Peak | NW 321° | 3,662 m | 15.3 mi |
| Chalk Mountains | NW 319° | 3,649 m | 25.0 mi |
| Jarosa Peak | N 358° | 3,587 m | 13.9 mi |
| Grouse Mesa | SE 135° | 3,477 m | 3.6 mi |
| Navajo Peak | NW 315° | 3,441 m | 21.9 mi |
| Brazos Peak | SE 136° | 3,440 m | 5.7 mi |
| Black Mountain | N 5° | 3,417 m | 21.3 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:10 | 18:44 | 19:18 |
| June solstice | 05:48 | 19:50 | 20:29 |
| September equinox | 06:54 | 18:30 | 19:04 |
| December solstice | 07:16 | 16:13 | 16:54 |
Local time (America/Denver).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: Jun–Sep.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 22 | 26 | 33 | 40 | 49 | 58 | 63 | 62 | 55 | 44 | 32 | 23 |
| Precip in | 2.0 | 1.9 | 1.4 | 1.5 | 1.6 | 0.8 | 2.3 | 3.0 | 2.3 | 1.7 | 1.7 | 1.9 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Chama, 8 mi away.
- Arctic Blue2 obs
- Boreal Owl1 obs
- American Black Bear1 obs
- Richardson's geranium1 obs
- common bilberry1 obs
Research-grade iNaturalist community observations within 3 km — what people have recorded, not a species inventory.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOpenStreetMap element node/357578448
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